Electricity (You may not realize this, but computers require electricity to function, which is not, generally, free. They are not powered by the aether) wear and tear on their GPU's from massive overheating (believe mining can, in fact, cause GPU damage if you do not know what you are doing/have old equipment? And given that these aren't people that *KNOWINGLY* signed up for mining)...

The fact that you find this amusing really speaks volumes for how seriously you, well, think bitcoins should be a real currency._________________"No, but evil is still being --Is having reason-- Being reasonable! Mousie understands? Is always being reason. Is punishing world for not being... Like in head. Is always reason. World should be different, is reason."
-Ed, from Digger

Predictably right wing Israeli nationalists, aka zionists and very much the dominant ideology in Israel, have responded like they always do, with bigotry and death threats._________________A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want? ~Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Corrections officials are alerting judges throughout Colorado that errors appear to have resulted in early, improper release dates from prison for hundreds of prisoners they sentenced.
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The audit still is in the preliminary stages and is not expected to be finished until July. The state has identified 8,415 individuals whose sentences need reviews, with at least 2,500 warranting a more intensive look. About a fifth of the intensive reviews have been completed.

If the current error rate continues, "serious" sentencing flaws could be detected in the cases of more than 1,000 individuals.

The Kepler space telescope, which has spotted thousands of planets circling other suns, just had a second malfunctioning reaction wheel system and now it's unable to remain steadily pointed at a particular part of the sky. Its 7 year world-finding mission is being cut short by nearly half.